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Language - English
10th Grade
12/01/2010

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acrimonious
Definition
stinging bitter in temper or tone
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bovine
Definition
syn: slow,stolid
def: resembling cow or ox; sluggish,unresponsive
any: alerte,bright
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consternation
Definition
def: dismay,paralyzing terror
syn: beweilderment
any: composure,ablomb
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corpulent
Definition
def: fat having a large,bulky body
syn: obease
any; slender,emanciated
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disavow
Definition
def: deny responsibity, conncection with
syn: disown,disclaim
any: acknowledge, admit
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disspassionate
Definition
def: impartial,clam,free of emotion
syn:unbias
any: bias
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dissension
Definition
def: state of quarreling or disputing, sharp difference of opinion
syn:strife,discord
any: agreement,harmony
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dissipate
Definition
def: to scatter about carelessly,spend foolishy
syn: disperese, waste
any: collect, concerve
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expurgate
Definition
def:purify
syn: sensor, bowdlerize
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gaunlet
Definition
def: amored or protective glove; a challenge; two lines of men armed with weapons with which to beat a person
syn: dare, provocation,trial
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hypothetical
Definition
def: based on assumption or guess
syn: supposed, conjecteral
any: real, tested
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ignoble
Definition
def: mean, low, base
syn: dishonorable, inferior
any: nobal, admirable
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impugn
Definition
def: to call into question, attack as false
syn: dispete, challenge
any: comfrim, proof
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intemperate
Definition
def: immoderate, lacking in self-control
syn: unrestrain, extreme
any: restrain, cool and collected
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odium
Definition
def: hatred, dislike;stigma
syn: shame,ignominy
any: admiration
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perfidy
Definition
def: faithlessness, treachery
syn: betrayal, disloyalty, duplisity
any: loyalty, faithfulness
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regualte
Definition
def: to palce in lower postion, to assign, refer, turn over
syn: demote
any: promote
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squemish
Definition
def: easily shocked or upset
syn: queasy, priggish, delicate
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subservient
Definition
def: occupying an inferior position,subject to higher authority
syn: secondary, servile
any: primary, dominering
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susceptiable
Definition
def: easily infulenced, lacking self resistance
syn: vulerable
any: resistant, immune
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